Erich W. Schienke is a doctoral student in the Department of Science & Technology Studies (STS), received his B.A. from Hampshire College, and his M.S. in STS from Rensselaer. Reflecting his core interest in the interface between culture and technology. His undergraduate thesis was on the early cultural and technical history of the loudspeaker and how they changed the physical as well as the social structures of public spaces. Schienke's doctoral research is a study, across multiple sites in the U.S., Europe and China, of the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the social and political decision-making process on issues of environment and health interactions.

Some publications and interviews: "On the Outside Looking Out- an Interview with the Institute for Applied Autonomy." Surveillance & Society. Vol. 1, Issue 1. Sept. (2002): 102-119 (http://www.surveillance-and-society.org); "Calle Haedberg / Open source health informatics," CECS Working Interviews #1. Troy, NY: Center for Ethics in Complex Systems, RPI. March 19. (19 Pages) (2001); "Michael Stanley-Jones / Scorecard and Toxics Information," CECS Working Interviews #2. Troy, NY: Center for Ethics in Complex Systems, RPI. July 17. (29 Pages) (2001); "Michael Meuser / Scorecard development, MapCruzin.com," CECS Working Interviews #3. Troy, NY: Center for Ethics in Complex Systems, RPI. July 17. (23 Pages) (2001); "Bill Pease / An original developer of Scorecard.org," CECS Working Interviews #5. Troy, NY: Center for Ethics in Complex Systems, RPI. November 17. (21 Pages) (2001); "David Guiliano / EPA realtime ozone monitoring system," CECS Working Interviews #6. Troy, NY: Center for Ethics in Complex Systems, RPI. November 18. (22 Pages) (2001).

erich@schienke.com